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The Drums of Dagbon / directed by Geoffrey Haydon and Dennis Marks ; a Third Eye Production from RM Arts and Channel Four.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Repercussions ; program 5.
- Repercussions ; program 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dagbani (African people).
- Music--Africa.
- Music.
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (58 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision, [1984]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional close-captions.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Dagbon, a 500-year-old kingdom located in northern Ghana, has an elaborate royal hierarchy in which each member has his own orchestra of "talking drums." This program, filmed on location in a group of villages surrounding Dagbon's regional capital, explores the ritual use of drum music at every milestone of life. The roles of the master drummers-born into their calling and rigorously trained from childhood-as entertainers, historians, and moral guardians of their culture are also examined.
- Participant:
- Issahaku Abdulai, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulai, Fuseini Alhassan, and Fuseini Tia.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on April 17, 2024).
- Description based on a videocassette record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 19294195
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
- Bound With:
- With: Caribbean Crucible.
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